Cold War Review

What two nations represented the opposing sides in the Cold War?

• Soviet Union and United States

• France and Germany

• Palestine and Israel

• Bosnia and Croatia

Which one of the following statements is an opinion rather than a fact?

• The United States won its independence from Great Britain.

• The United States was responsible for starting the Cold War.

• The United States entered World War II after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

• The United States acquired Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War.

Which nation launched the world's first artificial satellite in 1957?

• Soviet Union

• West Germany

• Great Britain

• United States

What label was given to the boundary between the Soviet-dominated nations and the pro-United States

Western democracies?

• Olive Branch

• Iron Curtain

• Bamboo Blinds

• Line of Demarcation

During the Cold War, the United States used the policy of containment to limit the spread of

• parliamentary democracy

• absolute monarchy

• fascism

• communism

What program was created to promote economic recovery in Europe after World War II?

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• Monroe Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

What was the aim of the United States in the Berlin Airlift?

• to bomb the Soviet headquarters in East Berlin

• to send food and fuel to West Berlin

• to close the Berlin airport

• to free prisoners-of-war from containment camps in East Berlin

Which one of the following wars did the United States enter into to stop the spread of communism?

• Spanish-American War

• Korean War

• World War II

• World War I

What idea states that if one nation falls to communism, then all neighboring nations will follow?

• massive retaliation

• domino theory

• détente

• containment

In what area of Southeast Asia did the United States armed forces fight during the 1960s and 1970s?

• Japan

• Korea

• China

• Vietnam